CSA Standards - Public / Community Safety News - July 2010

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Wednesday July 14, 2010

CSA Releases Report on H1N1 / Pandemic Preparedness

CSA Releases Report on H1N1 / Pandemic Preparedness

How did Canada fare during the H1N1 influenza pandemic? What plans worked and what didn't – and why not? What more needs to be done given the threat of future, potentially more serious pandemics? These were some of the questions CSA Standards sought to answer when hosting a national Roundtable on Healthcare and Emergency Service Sector Pandemic Preparedness. A comprehensive white paper from the roundtable was released at the World Conference on Disaster Management...

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Download the white paper "Voices From the H1N1 Pandemic Front Lines"

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